September 23rd marked my first foray into the realm of concert photography. Endless thanks to Craig for exposing me to this and getting me involved. Thanks also to [link], who is going to publish a review written & photographed by Craig and I.

It was a great way to combine two things I really enjoy — photography and music. This was sort of a practice run — and i need more practice for sure. But I got about a 10% ratio of shots to good shots, and that’s not bad for a first try. I will improve.

This is a much more dynamic thing than you might think. Moving around to get the right angles of performers, changing focal length which affects aperature and speed, over-exposing daytime and under-exposing night (counter-intuitive if you ask me), live Cake!all adds up to constant thought and motion. A challenging thing to excel at, but a TON of fun. I could only make it to Sunday, and I can tell you that that was enough to get me hooked. I don’t really have time to do this very often, but I can [hopefully] see more of it in my future.

Now I just need to decide what zoom lens to buy. (Craig let me borrow one of his for this event.)

Full story here.

BUUF!!! Mattahan rocks hard. Best in the world right now, i'd bet. Seriously. I work on a lot of corporate & web- based apps, which you might think would have good icons, good designers on the case....no one is as good as Paul Davey. (is this iconlust?)

justthorne thinks he is on the right track.

bah. this is crap. I don't want "progress" or a turning ship, or respect. I want ANSWERS. I WANT JARK BACK. That is it. It is that simple. I want Sotira GONE. I would rather see this site die a withering death under Scott Jarkoff's leadership due to lack of funding than see it prosper financially under spyed but lose its "soul".

Am I overreacting? HELL NO.

Your resolve has been subverted, justthorne. You've become distracted with golden carrots and diamond dreams.

Get over it. You will make a difference all right, and for that you should be commended. But the difference you will make is not the difference of Justice or Answers. It is not a difference that will restore MY faith.

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It is sad and somehow painful to remove deviations, one by one, that have been uploaded here over the past 4+ years.

But at the same time it is necessary. I can't sit passively by while this injustice is perpetuated. And this is the only action I can take.

Hey, I'm not kidding myself, I know that my 252 deviation will not be missed. I've never had a DD in 4+ years of submitting. That's not the point though.

It is the principle of the matter.

I am concerned with the fact that even though I delete my deviations, they are still on the server, with a status of "deleted". When I delete something, I want it gone. Permanently. That is what "delete" means.

I do not trust my intellectual property in the hands of Mr. Sotira. Period.



(previous entry below)
I have been thinking about what's going on here, like a lot of you. I'm very unhappy with what has transpired with regards to jark and spyed and DeviantART, Inc.

It boils down to a train of logic like so:

1) Scott Jarkoff trusted Angelo Sotira with his work, his inspiration, and his intellectual property.
2) Angelo Sotira abused that trust in the worst way.
3) Angelo Sotira is "in charge" of this website.
4) I can no longer trust that this website will not abuse MY intellectual property, which is what this site is all about.
5) I must remove all my deviations before Mr. Sotira does something with them that I don't want.

I cannot find a way out of this thought process.

all deviations are in storage until $spyed explains, retracts, reinstates.

I have been thinking about what's going on here, like a lot of you. I'm very unhappy with what has transpired with regards to jark and spyed and DeviantART, Inc.

It boils down to a train of logic like so:

1) Scott Jarkoff trusted Angelo Sotira with his work, his inspiration, and his intellectual property.
2) Angelo Sotira abused that trust in the worst way.
3) Angelo Sotira is "in charge" of this website.
4) I can no longer trust that this website will not abuse MY intellectual property, which is what this site is all about.
5) I must remove all my deviations before Mr. Sotira does something with them that I don't want.

I cannot find a way out of this thought process.